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# Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct

## Our Pledge

We as members, contributors, and leaders pledge to make participation in our community a
harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body size, visible or
invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression,
level of experience, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance,
race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.

We pledge to act and interact in ways that contribute to an open, welcoming, diverse,
inclusive, and healthy community.

## Our Standards

Examples of behavior that contributes to a positive environment for our community
include:

- Demonstrating empathy and kindness toward other people
- Being respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences
- Giving and gracefully accepting constructive feedback
- Accepting responsibility and apologizing to those affected by our mistakes, and
learning from the experience
- Focusing on what is best not just for us as individuals, but for the overall community

Examples of unacceptable behavior include:

- The use of sexualized language or imagery, and sexual attention or advances of any kind
- Trolling, insulting or derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks
- Public or private harassment
- Publishing others' private information, such as a physical or email address, without
their explicit permission
- Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional
setting

## Enforcement Responsibilities

Community leaders are responsible for clarifying and enforcing our standards of
acceptable behavior and will take appropriate and fair corrective action in response to
any behavior that they deem inappropriate, threatening, offensive, or harmful.

Community leaders have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or reject comments,
commits, code, wiki edits, issues, and other contributions that are not aligned to this
Code of Conduct, and will communicate reasons for moderation decisions when appropriate.

## Scope

This Code of Conduct applies within all community spaces, and also applies when an
individual is officially representing the community in public spaces. Examples of
representing our community include using an official e-mail address, posting via an
official social media account, or acting as an appointed representative at an online or
offline event.

## Enforcement

Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be reported to
the community leaders responsible for enforcement at mcp-coc@anthropic.com. All
complaints will be reviewed and investigated promptly and fairly.

All community leaders are obligated to respect the privacy and security of the reporter
of any incident.

## Enforcement Guidelines

Community leaders will follow these Community Impact Guidelines in determining the
consequences for any action they deem in violation of this Code of Conduct:

### 1. Correction

**Community Impact**: Use of inappropriate language or other behavior deemed
unprofessional or unwelcome in the community.

**Consequence**: A private, written warning from community leaders, providing clarity
around the nature of the violation and an explanation of why the behavior was
inappropriate. A public apology may be requested.

### 2. Warning

**Community Impact**: A violation through a single incident or series of actions.

**Consequence**: A warning with consequences for continued behavior. No interaction with
the people involved, including unsolicited interaction with those enforcing the Code of
Conduct, for a specified period of time. This includes avoiding interactions in community
spaces as well as external channels like social media. Violating these terms may lead to
a temporary or permanent ban.

### 3. Temporary Ban

**Community Impact**: A serious violation of community standards, including sustained
inappropriate behavior.

**Consequence**: A temporary ban from any sort of interaction or public communication
with the community for a specified period of time. No public or private interaction with
the people involved, including unsolicited interaction with those enforcing the Code of
Conduct, is allowed during this period. Violating these terms may lead to a permanent
ban.

### 4. Permanent Ban

**Community Impact**: Demonstrating a pattern of violation of community standards,
including sustained inappropriate behavior, harassment of an individual, or aggression
toward or disparagement of classes of individuals.

**Consequence**: A permanent ban from any sort of public interaction within the
community.

## Attribution

This Code of Conduct is adapted from the [Contributor Covenant][homepage], version 2.0,
available at https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/2/0/code_of_conduct.html.

Community Impact Guidelines were inspired by
[Mozilla's code of conduct enforcement ladder](https://github.com/mozilla/diversity).

[homepage]: https://www.contributor-covenant.org

For answers to common questions about this code of conduct, see the FAQ at
https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq. Translations are available at
https://www.contributor-covenant.org/translations.
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# Contributing to Model Context Protocol Java SDK

Thank you for your interest in contributing to the Model Context Protocol Java SDK!
This document outlines how to contribute to this project.

## Prerequisites

The following software is required to work on the codebase:

- `Java 17` or above
- `Docker`
- `npx`

## Getting Started

1. Fork the repository
2. Clone your fork:

```bash
git clone https://github.com/YOUR-USERNAME/java-sdk.git
cd java-sdk
```

3. Build from source:

```bash
./mvnw clean install -DskipTests # skip the tests
./mvnw test # run tests
```

## Reporting Issues

Please create an issue in the repository if you discover a bug or would like to
propose an enhancement. Bug reports should have a reproducer in the form of a code
sample or a repository attached that the maintainers or contributors can work with to
address the problem.

## Making Changes

1. Create a new branch:

```bash
git checkout -b feature/your-feature-name
```

2. Make your changes
3. Validate your changes:

```bash
./mvnw clean test
```

### Change Proposal Guidelines

#### Principles of MCP

1. **Simple + Minimal**: It is much easier to add things to the codebase than it is to
remove them. To maintain simplicity, we keep a high bar for adding new concepts and
primitives as each addition requires maintenance and compatibility consideration.
2. **Concrete**: Code changes need to be based on specific usage and implementation
challenges and not on speculative ideas. Most importantly, the SDK is meant to
implement the MCP specification.

## Submitting Changes

1. For non-trivial changes, please clarify with the maintainers in an issue whether
you can contribute the change and the desired scope of the change.
2. For trivial changes (for example a couple of lines or documentation changes) there
is no need to open an issue first.
3. Push your changes to your fork.
4. Submit a pull request to the main repository.
5. Follow the pull request template.
6. Wait for review.
7. For any follow-up work, please add new commits instead of force-pushing. This will
allow the reviewer to focus on incremental changes instead of having to restart the
review process.

## Code of Conduct

This project follows a Code of Conduct. Please review it in
[CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).

## Questions

If you have questions, please create a discussion in the repository.

## License

By contributing, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under the MIT
License.

## Security

Please review our [Security Policy](SECURITY.md) for reporting security issues.
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## Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch
3. Submit a Pull Request
Contributions are welcome!
Please follow the [Contributing Guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md).

## Team

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# Security Policy

Thank you for helping us keep the SDKs and systems they interact with secure.

## Reporting Security Issues

This SDK is maintained by [Anthropic](https://www.anthropic.com/) as part of the Model
Context Protocol project.

The security of our systems and user data is Anthropic’s top priority. We appreciate the
work of security researchers acting in good faith in identifying and reporting potential
vulnerabilities.

Our security program is managed on HackerOne and we ask that any validated vulnerability
in this functionality be reported through their
[submission form](https://hackerone.com/anthropic-vdp/reports/new?type=team&report_type=vulnerability).

## Vulnerability Disclosure Program

Our Vulnerability Program Guidelines are defined on our
[HackerOne program page](https://hackerone.com/anthropic-vdp).